1917 The Russian Revolution, Reactions and Impact

The Russian Revolution of 1917 changed the world forever. For once, it appeared that the oppressed workers were within grasp of the levers of state power and for a while the prospect of permanently ending exploitation seemed a real possibility. The revolutionary mood swept across continents and its impact was felt far beyond the parties of the left and the organised labour movement. The revolution inspired writers, poets, intellectuals and philosophers as much as it did workers and activists. With this special Occasional Publication the Socialist History Society commemorates these momentous events of one hundred years ago with a series of specially written articles that examine the reactions to the revolution and its impact in different areas.

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David Morgan, ed, 1917: Russian Revolution

Evaluating the lessons of October, including their British resonance
by Willie ThompsonAgainst ‘vacillation, lies and rottenness’: the Russian revolution and the rift in world socialism
by Francis King1917’s Several Lenins
by Mike Makin-Waite‘What they can do in Russia, so can we’: the impact of the Russian Revolutions of 1917 in Germany
by Helen BoakItaly and the Russian Revolution of 1917
by Tobias AbseClara Zetkin on the Soviet Experiment, 1917-1934
by John S PartingtonSecular Ecstasies and the Revolutionary Women Poets in 1917
by Greta SykesPsychoanalysis and Revolution: Sigmund Freud and his circle from fin-de-siècle Vienna to revolutionary Russia
by David Morgan